Chivalry in Medieval England 2011

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1、UZ[hS^dk[`_WV[WhS^W`Y^S`V≤CHIVALRY≥inMedievalEngland`[YW^eSg^HarvardUniversityPressCambridge,Massachusetts.,--Copyright©2011byNigelSaulNigelSaulhasassertedhisrightundertheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988tobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkAllrightsreservedPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAme

2、ricaFirstpublishedinGreatBritainin2011byTheBodleyHeadasForHonourandFame:ChivalryinEngland,1066–1500FirstHarvardUniversityPressedition,2011LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataSaul,Nigel.ChivalryinmedievalEngland/NigelSaul.—1stHarvardUniversityPressed.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalr

3、eferencesandindex.ISBN978-0-674-06368-6(cloth:alk.paper)1.Chivalry—GreatBritain—History.2.Knightsandknighthood—GreatBritain—History.3.GreatBritain—History—Medievalperiod,1066–1485.4.England—Civilization—1066–1485.I.Title.CR4529.G7S282011394'.70941—dc232011025157FormywifePrefaceTowriteabou

4、tchivalryinmedievalEnglandistoembarkonavoyagethroughaworldatonceglamorousandviolent,alluringandyetelusive.Formany,chivalryevokesimagesofknightsinshiningarmour,menfolkcompetingfortheattentionofafairlady,pennonsandstreamersflutteringfromcastlebattlements.Muchofthispictureisaproductoftheninet

5、eenth-centuryromanticisationoftheMiddleAges–thekindofre-creationthatgaveusWaterhouse’s‘LadyofShalott’andViollet-le-Duc’srebuildingofCarcassonne.Itsrootslayinanidealisedviewofthemedievalpastwhichgrewupinreactiontothehorrorsofthegrimindustrialisationofthetime.Therealmedievalworldwasaltogeth

6、erlesslyricalandmoredown-to-earththanthefancifulre-creation.Nonetheless,weknowenoughabouttheculturalachievementsoftheMiddleAgestobeawarethattheimageofthefullyaccoutredmountedknightwasonewhichattractedandcaptivatedcontemporaries.ThetalesofKingArthurandhisKnightsoftheRoundTableinspiredawhol

7、egenreofvernacularromanceliterature.TheprowessoftheknightsoftheHundredYearsWarwascelebratedinFroissart’sChronicle,oneofthemostcompellingnarra-tiveaccountsofthemedievalperiod.FromtheearlytwelfthcenturytheknightlyclassdominatedthesecularlandscapeofwesternEurope,spawni